Cupping and bloodletting can draw out localized blood stasis through bloodletting by acupoint stabbing and combining with the negative pressure of the fire pot, which can play a role in discharging blood stasis for those who have localized blood stasis.
Cupping and bloodletting combines cupping therapy as well as bloodletting therapy. Doctors use three-pronged needles or plum blossom needles to needle the area where cupping needs to be performed, and then perform cupping to suck out the localized blood. It has the effects of warming the meridians and channels, removing dampness and dispersing cold, subduing swelling and relieving pain and extracting toxins and draining pus. It is suitable for pain in the joints of the limbs caused by cold condensation and stagnation, as well as symptoms of blood heat such as nosebleeds and bleeding gums.
Note that cupping is not a cure-all therapy, although it is suitable for most people, but it is not suitable for patients with skin ulcers, skin allergies, bleeding tendency (such as hemophiliacs) and pregnant women.
And cupping and bloodletting should be well sterilized to avoid bacterial infection. It should not be overdone to avoid deficiency of qi and blood and deficiency of yang qi. Cupping and bloodletting treatment should be operated by professional doctors, please do not operate by yourself to avoid accidents.